From: owner-trajectory-digest@smoe.org (trajectory-digest) To: trajectory-digest@smoe.org Subject: trajectory-digest V2 #69 Reply-To: trajectory@smoe.org Sender: owner-trajectory-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-trajectory-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk trajectory-digest Wednesday, July 15 1998 Volume 02 : Number 069 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Veda Hille and Holly Cole in Wuerselen [meredith ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 14 Jul 1998 22:13:37 -0400 From: meredith Subject: Veda Hille and Holly Cole in Wuerselen Hi! I know a few of you have probably already seen this, but I know many of you haven't, so here's a review of one of Veda's German gigs from last week. Enjoy! >Date: Mon, 13 Jul 98 15:13:21 +0200 >From: Rolf.Peukert@theoinf.tu-ilmenau.de (Rolf Peukert) >To: ecto@smoe.org >Subject: Veda Hille and Holly Cole in Wuerselen > >First of all, thanks to Meredith for the recommendation and the tour dates. > >The concert took place in the ruin of Castle Wilhelmstein in Würselen, >near Aachen, in the far west of Germany. The venue is a very beautiful >place, a small amphitheatre (good view from practically every seat) with >a permanently installed tent roof. > >birds #1: Redstarts were nesting in a gap in the wall high above the >stage, regularly passing above our heads. Their offspring made a noise >like a bunch of sparrows at every feeding, which amused the artists >more than once. > >When Veda Hille came on stage, she was welcomed with a rather reserved >applause. Maybe the others had never heard anything by her before (like >me, errmm), or maybe her outfit was part of the reason :). She played a >40-minute set, accompanying herself on a tenor guitar or on Holly Cole's >keyboarder's Kurzweil synth. Judging from the applause in the end, she >clearly won the audience over, even had to do an encore. >I took the chance and bought her album "Here is a picture (Songs for >E Carr)", which was on sale at the venue. Have listened to it only once >yet, but would definitely recommend it. > >After a 20 minute break Holly Cole came on stage, actually her band came >first and started playing, Holly started singing from the off. The >concert was great, Holly's voice, the musicians, the sound, couldn't have >been better. (well, maybe a bit longer :) >They did mostly songs from her new album "Dark Dear Heart", but also a >few older songs. I recognized "I can see clearly now", "Que sera sera", >"Train Song" and "Calling you". >birds #2: Near the end of "Cry (if you want to)", right after she sang >the words "cry if you want to", we heard a rather loud cock-a-doodle-doo >from a nearby garden. This made Holly, the band and the audience laughing >so hard that she had to interrupt the song. Holly seemed to be in a good >mood anyway, like when she introduced their drummer: >"He is new to the band, has only played 5 or 6 gigs with us, so he's still >a bit green. And nervous", [turns to the drummer] "I don't want to put any >pressure on you, but it's really important that you don't screw up this >song". >She finished her set after about 90 minutes (incl. two encores) under >standing ovations. > >ciao, >Rolf >--- >"The next song is from my album 'Blame it on my youth", or, as Billboard >magazine called it, 'Blame it on my mouth". But I didn't care, I was glad >to be in Billboard anyway." +==========================================================================+ | Meredith Tarr meth@smoe.org | | New Haven, CT USA http://www.smoe.org/~meth | +==========================================================================+ | "things are more beautiful when they're obscure" -- veda hille | | *** TRAJECTORY: the Veda Hille mailing list *** | | *** http://www.smoe.org/meth/trajectory.html *** | +==========================================================================+ ------------------------------ End of trajectory-digest V2 #69 *******************************